sou fujimoto: forest, cloud, mountains exhibition

sou fujimoto
'forest, cloud, mountain'
the watari museum of contemporary art, tokyo
on now until january 16, 2011



'forest, cloud, mountain' exhibition by sou fujimoto at the watari museum of contemporary art, tokyo, japan
image courtesy the watari museum of contemporary art


japanese architect sou fujimoto has put together an exhibition entitled, 'forest, cloud, mountain'
at tokyo's watari museum of contemporary art. recognizing the complex role architects must
play within today's modern society, the exhibited work explores the idea of the city
by re-imagining its potential beyond what traditional architecture has thus far attributed it.
the title, 'forest, cloud, mountain' is the three thematic concepts investigated through
the exhibited installations:

'forest-like architecture may be something between artificial and natural; perhaps when
we speak about a cloud-like architecture, we could imagine architecture made up of air
and light rather than a wall. mountain-like architecture may dial up a new relationship
between the human body and the building.' - sou fujimoto



exhibition view
image courtesy the watari museum of contemporary art


created in a large enough scale for the viewers to walk around and discern,
the exhibited projects range from an arrangement of transparent polycarbonate
pieces to a growing stack of polyhedral objects stippled with tree-like interventions.



image courtesy the watari museum of contemporary art


a collection of sou fujimoto's most recent works:



'primitive future house' by sou fujimoto as seen at the 2010 venice architecture biennale
for more images of the project, click here
image © designboom



image © designboom



'OM house' by sou fujimoto
to see our coverage of the project, click here
image © iwan baan



physical model of 'tokyo apartments'



exterior view of 'tokyo apartments' by sou fujimoto
image courtesy guen-k



'house before house' by sou fujimoto for the sumika housing project
photo courtesy swych



photo courtesy claudia márques